Who Should I Trade?

Joel Kuhnel for Michael Soroka (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	# 341
VBR	# 267	# 726

Projections

Strikeouts	40	7
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.13	4.18
WHIP	1.32	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 59	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 59	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 93	# 324

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 340

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	35

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	82.0	35.1

Wins	8	1

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	72	38

Earned Runs	28	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	79	22

Walks	17	12

ERA	3.07	4.84

WHIP	1.09	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	7	0

Innings Pitched	40.4	9.2

Wins	3	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	37	10

Earned Runs	19	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	40	7

Walks	13	3

ERA	4.13	4.18

WHIP	1.32	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI	Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
News
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said his “gut feel” is that Michael Soroka will need only one minor league rehab start. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	Joel Kuhnel was sent on a rehab assignment on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	Michael Soroka will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Joel Kuhnel threw a live batting practice session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Joel Kuhnel will throw his first bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Michael Soroka is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Brewers right-hander Joel Kuhnel (shoulder) is dealing with a "minor" impingement, according to skipper Pat Murphy. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Michael Soroka will throw bullpens on Saturday and Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Brewers placed Joel Kuhnel on the 15-day IL with a shoulder impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Soroka SP,RP - ARI			Joel Kuhnel RP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Mon, May 4th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jun 8th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th				vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs STL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

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Joel Kuhnel for Michael Soroka (2026)

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